ram for Ryzen 2600

[feisi200]

Hey Guys i am building setup and thinking if 2933Mhz and 3200Mhz make still that big difference for ryzen cpus. Thanks for any suggestion.

[TheBean]

ram does make a difference in ryzen (not that much with intel). go for 3200 if you can afford but 2933 is still good. 

[Mooshi]

If the 3200 kit is <15usd more expensive then sure.

[mxk]

It also depends on what the CL timings (also called CAS Latency) are, too. Lower timings are better.

 

If you have, for example, 3200mhz CL17 RAM and 3000mhz CL15 RAM, and the 3000 is cheaper because of it's lower frequency, stick with the 3000 since the CL17 would be bringing the 3200 down to around the same performance of the 3000mhz CL15. There's some math involved (and I think a site that calculates it) but you want low timings with Ryzen, too. Not just frequency.

 

I'm sorry if I made it too complicated, I just wanted to clarify because it does matter with Ryzen.

[Bruno_A]

2 hours ago, mxk. said:

It also depends on what the CL timings (also called CAS Latency) are, too. Lower timings are better.

 

If you have, for example, 3200mhz CL17 RAM and 3000mhz CL15 RAM, and the 3000 is cheaper because of it's lower frequency, stick with the 3000 since the CL17 would be bringing the 3200 down to around the same performance of the 3000mhz CL15. There's some math involved (and I think a site that calculates it) but you want low timings with Ryzen, too. Not just frequency.

 

I'm sorry if I made it too complicated, I just wanted to clarify because it does matter with Ryzen.

Wouldn't some games benefit more from the extra bandwidth, compared to the tighter timings, though?

[mxk]

1 hour ago, bruny06 said:

Wouldn't some games benefit more from the extra bandwidth, compared to the tighter timings, though?

From my understanding, it's more the frequency but the timings are also pretty important.

 

I don't remember seeing anything that was different for some games specifically so I'm not sure about it. I should probably take another look.

[Bruno_A]

2 minutes ago, mxk. said:

From my understanding, it's more the frequency but the timings are also pretty important.

 

I don't remember seeing anything that was different for some games specifically so I'm not sure about it. I should probably take another look.

I'm in the middle of buying some RAM myself too. I might be getting a 3200MHz C14 kit.

[mxk]

Just now, bruny06 said:

I'm in the middle of buying some RAM myself too. I might be getting a 3200MHz C14 kit.

That's the g.skill flare X, right? That's a really great set of RAM since it has low times and a high frequency. It's made for Ryzen, hence the AMD compatible branding.

[Bruno_A]

14 minutes ago, mxk. said:

That's the g.skill flare X, right? That's a really great set of RAM since it has low times and a high frequency. It's made for Ryzen, hence the AMD compatible branding.

No, it's actually Trident Z. And I need 32GB, so, my wallet won't like me.

[mxk]

24 minutes ago, bruny06 said:

No, it's actually Trident Z. And I need 32GB, so, my wallet won't like me.

Ooooo dang

 

Should still be great performance with the high frequency and low timings.